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ABSTRACT Adiponectin secreted from adipocytes binds to adiponectin receptors AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, and exerts antidiabetic effects via activation of AMPK and PPAR-α pathways, respectively.
Levels of adiponectin in plasma are reduced in obesity, which causes insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Thus, orally active small molecules that bind to and activate AdipoR1 and AdipoR2
could ameliorate obesity-related diseases such as type 2 diabetes. Here we report the identification of orally active synthetic small-molecule AdipoR agonists. One of these compounds,
AdipoR agonist (AdipoRon), bound to both AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 _in vitro_. AdipoRon showed very similar effects to adiponectin in muscle and liver, such as activation of AMPK and PPAR-α
pathways, and ameliorated insulin resistance and glucose intolerance in mice fed a high-fat diet, which was completely obliterated in AdipoR1 and AdipoR2 double-knockout mice. Moreover,
AdipoRon ameliorated diabetes of genetically obese rodent model _db/db_ mice, and prolonged the shortened lifespan of _db/db_ mice on a high-fat diet. Thus, orally active AdipoR agonists
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We thank N. Kubota, K. Hara, I. Takamoto, Y. Hada, T. Kobori, H. Umematsu, S. Odawara, T. Aoyama, Y. Jing, S. Wei, K. Soeda and H. Waki for technical help and support; and
K. Miyata, Y. Nishibaba, M. Yuasa and A. Hayashi for technical assistance and support. This work was supported by a Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (S) (20229008, 25221307) (to T.K.),
Grant-in-aid for Young Scientists (A) (23689048) (to M.I.), Targeted Proteins Research Program (to T.K.), the Global COE Research Program (to T.K.), Translational Systems Biology and
Medicine Initiative (to T.K.) and Translational Research Network Program (to M.O.-I.) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan. Funding Program for
Next Generation World-Leading Researchers (NEXT Program) (to T.Y.) from Cabinet Office, Government of Japan. AUTHOR INFORMATION Author notes * Miki Okada-Iwabu, Toshimasa Yamauchi and Masato
Iwabu: These authors contributed equally to this work. AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
113-0033, Japan Miki Okada-Iwabu, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masato Iwabu, Ken-ichi Hamagami, Koichi Matsuda, Mamiko Yamaguchi, Kohjiro Ueki & Takashi Kadowaki * Department of Integrated
Molecular Science on Metabolic Diseases, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Miki Okada-Iwabu, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masato Iwabu &
Takashi Kadowaki * Department of Molecular Medicinal Sciences on Metabolic Regulation, 22nd Century Medical and Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Miki
Okada-Iwabu, Toshimasa Yamauchi & Takashi Kadowaki * RIKEN Systems and Structural Biology Center, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan, Teruki Honma, Hiroaki Tanabe, Tomomi Kimura-Someya,
Mikako Shirouzu, Akiko Tanaka & Shigeyuki Yokoyama * Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba 305-8577, Japan Hitomi Ogata & Kumpei Tokuyama *
Open Innovation Center for Drug Discovery, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, Tetsuo Nagano & Akiko Tanaka * Graduate School of Science, The
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K.M., M.Y., H.T., T.K-S., M.S., H.O., K.T. and A.T. performed experiments. T.K., T.Y., M.O.-I. and M.I. conceived the study. T.K., A.T., T.Y. and S.Y. supervised the study. T.Y., T.K.,
M.O.-I. and M.I. wrote the paper. All authors interpreted data. CORRESPONDING AUTHORS Correspondence to Toshimasa Yamauchi or Takashi Kadowaki. ETHICS DECLARATIONS COMPETING INTERESTS The
authors declare no competing financial interests. EXTENDED DATA FIGURES AND TABLES EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 1 PHOSPHORYLATION OF AMPK IN C2C12 MYOTUBES. Phosphorylation of AMPK normalized to the
amount of AMPK in C2C12 myotubes treated for 5 min with 15 µg ml−1 adiponectin or the indicated small-molecule compounds (10 μM). #, AdipoRon; ##, no. 112254; ###, no. 165073. EXTENDED DATA
FIGURE 2 DISTRIBUTION CURVES SHOWING _Z_ SCORES. A, Distribution curve showing _Z_ scores representing AMPK activity for all compounds tested in C2C12 myotubes shown in Extended Data Table
1 and Extended Data Fig. 1. The dashed line indicates the _Z_ score cut-off for compounds scored as hits, which showed higher activity than 80% of that seen with adiponectin. B, Distribution
curve showing _Z_ scores representing AdipoR dependency of AMPK activation for 39 compounds tested in C2C12 myotubes shown in Extended Data Table 2. Indicated are the location of AdipoRon,
another hit (no. 112254), and non-hit (no. 165073). EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 3 THE EFFECT OF ADIPORON ON COMPLEX I ACTIVITY, AND EXPRESSION OF _ADIPOR1_ AND _ADIPOR2_ MRNA IN C2C12 MYOTUBES
TRANSFECTED WITH THE INDICATED SIRNA DUPLEX. A, Complex I activities were measured with the indicated concentrations of rotenone or AdipoRon. B, C, _Adipor1_ (B) and _Adipor2_ (C) mRNA
levels were analysed by RT–qPCR. All values are presented as mean ± s.e.m. A, _n_ = 3–7; B, C, _n_ = 3 each; *_P_ < 0.05 and **_P_ < 0.01 compared to control or unrelated siRNA cells.
NS, not significant. EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 4 ADIPORON BINDING TO ADIPOR1 AND ADIPOR2. A–D, Binding and Scatchard analyses of [3H]AdipoRon to primary hepatocytes from wild-type (A),
_Adipor2_−/− knockout (B), _Adipor1_−/− knockout (C) and _Adipor1_−/− _Adipor2_−/− double-knockout (D) mice. E–H, Concentration-dependent competitive [3H]AdipoRon binding to primary
hepatocytes from wild-type (E), _Adipor2_−/− knockout (F), _Adipor1_−/− knockout (G) and _Adipor1_−/− _Adipor2_−/− double-knockout (H) mice. Binding analyses were performed using the
indicated concentrations of AdipoRon. c.p.m., counts per minute. EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 5 RAW DATA OF FIG. 2 AND TIME COURSE OF GLUCOSE-LOWERING EFFECT OF ADIPORON. A–M, Raw data of Fig. 2a
(A), Fig. 2d, left (B, C), Fig. 2d, right (D, E), Fig. 2e, left (F, G), Fig. 2e, right (H, I), Fig. 2g, left (J, K) and Fig. 2g, right (L, M). N, Time course of glucose-lowering effect of
AdipoRon. Data are calculated from data in Fig. 4a. The glucose-lowering effect of AdipoRon was obtained by the following equation and expressed as %: (vehicle plasma glucose − AdipoRon
plasma glucose)/vehicle plasma glucose. All values are presented as mean ± s.e.m. EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 6 THE EFFECTS OF COMPOUNDS 112254 AND 165073 ON INSULIN RESISTANCE AND GLUCOSE
INTOLERANCE VIA ADIPOR. A, B, Chemical structures of compounds 112254 (A) and 165073 (B). C–J, Plasma glucose (C left, D left, F, G left, H left, J), plasma insulin (C right, D right, G
right, H right) and insulin resistance index (E, I) during oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (1.0 g glucose per kg body weight) (C, D, G, H) or during insulin tolerance test (ITT) (0.5 U
insulin per kg body weight) (F, J), in wild-type and _Adipor1_−/− _Adipor2_−/− double-knockout mice, treated with or without compounds 112254 or 165073 (50 mg per kg body weight). All values
are presented as mean ± s.e.m. C–F, _n_ = 10 each; G–J, _n_ = 7 each from 2, 3 independent experiments, *_P_ < 0.05 and **_P_ < 0.01 compared to control or as indicated. NS, not
significant. EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 7 THE EFFECTS OF ADIPORON ON GLUCOSE METABOLISM IN _ADIPOR1_−/−, _ADIPOR2_−/− AND _ADIPOR1_−/− _ADIPOR2_−/− MICE. A, Triglyceride content (A) and TBARS (B)
in skeletal muscle from wild-type or _Adipor1_−/− _Adipor2_−/− double-knockout mice treated with or without AdipoRon (50 mg per kg body weight). C–G, The effects of AdipoRon on glucose
metabolism in _Adipor1_−/−, _Adipor2_−/− and _Adipor1_−/− _Adipor2_−/− mice. Plasma glucose (C–F, left panels), plasma insulin (C–F, right panels) and insulin resistance index (G) during
oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (1.0 g glucose per kg body weight). All values are presented as mean ± s.e.m. A–D, F, _n_ = 10 each; E, _n_ = 7 each; G, _n_ = 7–10; *_P_ < 0.05 and
**_P_ < 0.01 compared to vehicle mice. NS, not significant. EXTENDED DATA FIGURE 8 CHEMICAL STRUCTURES AND ADIPOR DEPENDENCY OF AMPK ACTIVATION. A–D, Chemical structures of AdipoRon (A),
compound 168198 (B), compound 112254 (C) and compound 103694 (D). Within the 1-benzyl 4-substituted 6-membered cyclic amine moiety, the cyclic amine moiety is surrounded by a dashed red
circle, and the aromatic ring is surrounded by a light green circle. Cyan and dark green circles surround the carbonyl group and the terminal aromatic ring, respectively, located on the
opposite side from the benzyl cyclic amine. E, Phosphorylation and amount of AMPK in C2C12 myotubes treated for 5 min with the indicated small-molecule compounds. Phosphorylation and amount
of AMPK in C2C12 myotubes, treated for 5 min with the indicated small-molecule compounds (10 μM) (% relative to adiponectin). F, AdipoR dependency of AMPK activation. Phosphorylation and
amount of AMPK in C2C12 myotubes and transfected with or without the AdipoR1 siRNA duplex, treated for 5 min with the indicated small molecule. AdipoR-dependency ratios were obtained by the
following equation: 100 − (ratio for those transfected with the AdipoR1 siRNA duplex/ratio for those transfected without the AdipoR1 siRNA duplex) × 100 (%). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
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